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    Mae Carol Jemison

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    Mae Carol Jemison is an African-American physician and NASA astronaut. On June 4, 1987, she became the first African American woman to be admitted into the astronaut-training program. On September 12, 1992, Jemison flew into space with 6 other astronauts aboard the Endeavour on mission STS47. On that day, she became the first African-American woman in space. Mae Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. She grew up in an extended family home with both of her biological parents; Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green Jemison. According to biography.com, she grew up in a working-class family, as her father was a roofer and carpenter her mother was an elementary school teacher. She is the youngest of three siblings. “Her sister, Ada…

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    Mae Jemison is not only the first African American woman to go into space but a very intelligent and strong woman who has left a mark on the America. Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. Her father, Charlie Jemison, worked as a roofer and a carpenter. Her mother, Dorothy Jemison worked as an elementary school teacher. When Jemison was three years old, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois. Better educational opportunities in Chicago prompted their move. They…

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    Chicago, with a population of nearly three million people (roughly one percent of the entire nation's inhabitants!) it's not hard to imagine that many of America's most famous people are current residents of Chicago homes or at least once had a home in the Windy City. Here is but a small sampling of some of the more interesting Chicago homes ranging from minutely interesting to intriguingly gruesome. Mae Jemison: First African-American Woman in Space Mae Jemison grew up in Morgan Park, an…

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    Mae C. Jemison, she was born October 17th, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. She have 2 siblings a sister, Ada Jemison Bullock, and a brother, Charles Jemison. Mae family moved to Chicago, Illinois when she was around the of age 3. Her parents (Charlie and Dorothy Jemison) always encouraging and they were very supportive of their children. Mae spent most of her time in the library reading things that was dealing with science in her early school years. During, her time at Morgan High School she was…

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    My person is Mae c. Jemison. I chose her because she is so inspiring to other african american female women. She shows them that females can do more than what the society labels them to do. I bet it was her for her because she was the only African american female in NASA at the time. Lets see how her life went. Mae c.Jemison born october 17,1956 in decatur alabama. But considered chicago illinois to be her hometown.Her parents are Charlie and Dorothy Jemison born and raised in chicago. Her…

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    Questions On Satire Day

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    20. If you didn't have to go to school, what would you be doing the entire day? 21. Who do you think is the sexiest celebrity on the planet? 22. If you were given a choice of playing basketball, baseball or football, what would it be? 23. What was the ugliest rumour that people made about you? 24. Have you ever failed in a final exam and was detained in the same class? 25. Have you ever played a prank on a class teacher and gotten away with it? Valentines party games for guys: 1. Who…

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    people into subprime loans when they were not able to afford them. Incentives for homeowners to avoid responsibility were created by states not allowing mortgage holders to go after homeowners when the defaulted on their mortgages. To remedy these factors the government could increase regulation on the mortgage industry and revamp tax credits on mortgages (Pozen, ch. 1). The “Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)” and the “Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddy Mac)” were…

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    In his essay “The Mansion: A Subprime Parable,” Michael Lewis reported that most Americans tend to desire houses they cannot afford. They start blaming rating agencies and mortgage brokers because they find themselves financially underwater. But according to Lewis claim, the lending business didn’t create this desire. The people did. He explains that most people want a house that reflects how well they are. They think that they will control the house but the truth that the house controls every…

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    Freddie Mac in 1970, which was similar to Fannie Mae. The two mortgage associations enjoyed the privilege of government guarantee. They converted mortgage into bonds through asset securitization on market for sale, which attracted investment banks and other financial institutions for purchase. A question raised as why banks sold their mortgages to those people with low credit and high risk of default, but the real question is what should they do without loaning money to these people. If other…

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    “The collapse of the United State economy in the 1930s forced government to enact a housing program – part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program”. (Macionis, p. 325, 2013) The New Deal program allowed public housing policies; which provides financial grant to homeowners and builders. Originally conceiving this ideas seems to be a good answer for urban housing problematic but this plan didn’t flourish with serious inadequacy. More than a decade ago, there were a flood of…

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